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@@ -61,29 +61,19 @@ But that is my personal preference. | |||
61 | 2.2 Configuration | 61 | 2.2 Configuration |
62 | 62 | ||
63 | The configuration requires module configuration and device | 63 | The configuration requires module configuration and device |
64 | configuration. I like kmod or kerneld process with the | 64 | configuration. The following sections detail these procedures. |
65 | /etc/modprobe.conf file so the modules can automatically load/unload as | ||
66 | they are used. The video devices could already exist, be generated | ||
67 | using MAKEDEV, or need to be created. The following sections detail | ||
68 | these procedures. | ||
69 | 65 | ||
70 | 66 | ||
71 | 2.1 Module Configuration | 67 | 2.1 Module Configuration |
72 | 68 | ||
73 | Using modules requires a bit of work to install and pass the | 69 | Using modules requires a bit of work to install and pass the |
74 | parameters. Understand that entries in /etc/modprobe.conf of: | 70 | parameters. Understand that entries in /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf of: |
75 | 71 | ||
76 | alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc | 72 | alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc |
77 | options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none | 73 | options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none |
78 | alias char-major-81 videodev | 74 | alias char-major-81 videodev |
79 | alias char-major-81-0 c-qcam | 75 | alias char-major-81-0 c-qcam |
80 | 76 | ||
81 | will cause the kmod/modprobe to do certain things. If you are | ||
82 | using kmod, then a request for a 'char-major-81-0' will cause | ||
83 | the 'c-qcam' module to load. If you have other video sources with | ||
84 | modules, you might want to assign the different minor numbers to | ||
85 | different modules. | ||
86 | |||
87 | 2.2 Device Configuration | 77 | 2.2 Device Configuration |
88 | 78 | ||
89 | At this point, we need to ensure that the device files exist. | 79 | At this point, we need to ensure that the device files exist. |